diff --git a/src/backend/chatClient/index.ts b/src/backend/chatClient/index.ts
index a6560d2..95e2877 100644
--- a/src/backend/chatClient/index.ts
+++ b/src/backend/chatClient/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { AuthProvider } from "twitch-auth";
+import { getApiClient, getAuthProvider } from "../helpers/twitch";
+
 import { ChatClient } from "twitch-chat-client";
-import { getApiClient } from "../helpers/twitch";
 import { sockets } from "../webServer";
 import { start } from "../helpers/scheduledActions";
 
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ export {
   say
 };
 
-async function connect(authProvider: AuthProvider, channels: Array<any>) {
+async function connect(channels: Array<any>) {
+  const authProvider = await getAuthProvider(
+
+  );
   if (
     chatClient &&
     (
diff --git a/src/backend/index.ts b/src/backend/index.ts
index 94e4f48..3ab8df6 100644
--- a/src/backend/index.ts
+++ b/src/backend/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { getApiClient, getAuthProvider } from "./helpers/twitch";
-
 import { connect } from "./chatClient";
 import { listen } from "./webServer";
 import { registerUserListener } from "./pubSubClient";
@@ -7,12 +5,10 @@ import { registerUserListener } from "./pubSubClient";
 const channel = "alexbcberio";
 
 export async function bootstrap() {
-
-  const apiClient = await getApiClient();
-  await registerUserListener(apiClient, channel);
-
-  const authProvider = await getAuthProvider();
-  await connect(authProvider, [channel]);
+  await Promise.all([
+    registerUserListener(channel),
+    connect([channel]),
+  ]);
 
   listen();
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/backend/pubSubClient/index.ts b/src/backend/pubSubClient/index.ts
index b7e9745..27d1b29 100644
--- a/src/backend/pubSubClient/index.ts
+++ b/src/backend/pubSubClient/index.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
-import { ApiClient, UserIdResolvable } from "twitch";
 import { PubSubClient, PubSubRedemptionMessage } from "twitch-pubsub-client";
 import { broadcast, chatClient, say } from "../chatClient";
+import { getApiClient, getUsernameFromId } from "../helpers/twitch";
 import { saveScheduledActions, scheduledActions } from "../helpers/scheduledActions";
 
-import { getUsernameFromId } from "../helpers/twitch";
+import { UserIdResolvable } from "twitch";
 
 export {
   registerUserListener
 }
 
-async function registerUserListener(apiClient: ApiClient, user?: UserIdResolvable) {
+async function registerUserListener(user: UserIdResolvable) {
+  const apiClient = await getApiClient();
+
   const pubSubClient = new PubSubClient();
   const userId = await pubSubClient.registerUserListener(apiClient, user);
 	/*const listener = */ await pubSubClient.onRedemption(userId, onRedemption);